DeepL boss: Being private right now has a "lot of advantages"
Tech.eu John Reynolds
DeepL’s CEO says the company isn’t rushing toward an IPO. He thinks being private is safer while AI markets get choppy.
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DeepL’s boss is pouring cold water on the idea that the language-translation company is headed for the public markets any time soon. Jarek Kutylowski, DeepL’s CEO and founder, said there are “a lot of advantages” to staying private right now.
On the Tech.eu podcast, Kutylowski pointed to a market he sees as unstable for AI companies, especially with OpenAI and Anthropic expected to go public at some point. His view was blunt: public markets are a rough place for tech firms when investor sentiment is swinging around so hard.
That matters because DeepL had already been linked with an IPO in media reports last year, with speculation that one could come as early as this year. Kutylowski’s response was to cool that off rather than fan it. He said stability matters to a company’s development, and that an AI company would not have an easy ride in public markets while bigger names are still waiting in the wings.
Kutylowski also framed the issue as one of timing. With “massive shifts” in the markets this year, he suggested a listing could bring “a lot of turmoil” and even collateral damage depending on which way the market turns. For now, the Cologne-based company, known for AI text translation and voice-to-voice translation, appears more interested in staying private and avoiding the noise.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is what sane AI executives say when the IPO window looks like a blast furnace. The market loves a growth story right up until it has to price one in public, and then suddenly privacy sounds like strategy instead of fear. DeepL is probably reading the room better than the companies pretending the room doesn’t exist.
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